Faith a factor in [Illegal] migrants' treks

Alameda Times Star ^ | 1/15/05 | By Anabelle Garay

[Citizen James]

I don't hate these people or their culture. I'm half latino myself. It's the disrespect for our laws that I can't stand.

[Sterco]

Somehow I just can't find the tears. All they have to do to avoid the peril and such is stay on their side of the damn border. NO SYMPATHY

[Citizen James]

Could anecdotes like this be the reasoning behind Bush's bleeding heart policy?

[Walkenfree]

Dangerous Border crossings for "undocumented immigrants":

I agree with your comments, but have heard how they rely on the smugglers, and do as they say. I know of a family that paid $3,000 for instructions on coming to America. Then paid another $1,000 when they made it to the border. Not speaking the language of our country, how would we expect them to understand the rules/laws? They are exploited by the ones encouraging &/or assisting them to cross the borders. The children get my sympathy.

[Citizen James]

know of a family that paid $3,000 for instructions on coming to America. Then paid another $1,000 when they made it to the border.

Seriously, this is enough money to buy a ton of property or start a good business in that country, or to emigrate legally for that matter. I think that is just another testament on how great our country is, and how we have to protect it (including its' borders).

[bahblahbah]

Hey I want to help the Mexicans. I just want secure borders too.

[1_Inch_Group]

Feh! Invaders as pillars of the community ping.

Oh, isn't the primitive's graffiti lovely. And look! They left buffalo testes hanging from your rearview mirror.

That means "thanks for letting us kill of some of your livestock, while we're trashing your property and Invading your country."

[gubamyster]

ping

[Neil E. Wright]

Well, BooHooHoo!! Cry me a freaking river. Get the HELL out of my country, if you're here ILLEGALLY!!!!

This story reminds me, I sent 500+ rounds downrange last week, need to restock my supplies.

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Toward FREEDOM

[NewRomeTacitus]

LDC, you came up with a great term for these kind of stories but it fell off my brain. Could you remind me and fill us in on the press's template strategy?

[FBD]

>"Religion is their spiritual passport in the absence of authorization," she said. "They get sanctioned by God to do this."<

_OK:
Is the Catholic Church encouraging illegal immigration from Mexico to the U.S.?
I suspect it is.
I'm not trying to rip on any individual Catholics, but I want to know the official stance of the Catholic church on illegal immigration.

[FBD]

"Political correctness is the handmaiden of terrorism."

- "By smearing the overwhelming majority of Americans who support real borders as racists and xenophobes, the OBL obscures its deadly agenda: sabotaging our existing immigration laws and blocking any new efforts to punish those who abuse the system."~ Michelle Malkin

"A nation without borders is not a nation." -- Ronald Reagan

[rolling_stone]

I agree with your comments, but have heard how they rely on the smugglers, and do as they say. I know of a family that paid $3,000 for instructions on coming to America. Then paid another $1,000 when they made it to the border. Not speaking the language of our country, how would we expect them to understand the rules/laws? They are exploited by the ones encouraging &/or assisting them to cross the borders. The children get my sympathy.

Um maybe the fact that they had to pay all that money and hide to get across the border would make a person suspicious of whether what they were doing was legal or not? Also most everyone that crosses has a relative or friend that has done it before and knows the ropes...The children get my sympathy and my tax dollar when I pay for their schooling and emergency medical care...

[Ready4Freddy]

Which is where the $$$ for the coyotes came from.

Also most everyone that crosses has a relative or friend that has done it before and knows the ropes...

[dennisw]

The left hates religion except when cute little brown skinned 3rd world people practice it. This also includes Islam

[azhenfud]

"Religion is their spiritual passport in the absence of authorization," she said. "They get sanctioned by God to do this."

And jihadists?

[mtbopfuyn]

Ah, isn't that special.

[raybbr]

"Religion is their spiritual passport in the absence of authorization," she said. "They get sanctioned by God to do this."

Which part of the Bible tells us to break the law and steal from our neighbor? I wish someone would tell me so I could find "sanction" too.

[raybbr]

Could anecdotes like this be the reasoning behind Bush's bleeding heart policy?

If it is then I am sorry I voted for him. There are billions of people around the planet that would like to come here for a better life. Why is he only working to allow South Americans and Mexicans?